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Energy Sustainability Sensing in Manufacturing SMEs: Overview, Perspectives and Assessment Approaches

Energy Sustainability Sensing in Manufacturing SMEs: Overview, Perspectives and Assessment Approaches

Aldona Kluczek

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The work gives an overview of sustainability and energy issues integrated in sustainable manufacturing providing a comprehensive insight into emerging perspective of energy sustainability and actions for achieving sustainable energy. Therefore, the relevant concepts on energy efficiency, sustainability and their assessment based on indicators are highlighted.

This monograph focuses on the evaluation of technologies and manufacturing processes using various assessment methods that maximize economic returns, minimize environment impacts and meet social expectations. It brings together the expertise of respected academics in the field of sustainable manufacturing over the last decade, offering an overview of sustainability assessment methodologies and associated indicators used in this field which were combined in the development of a comprehensive method to cover the major sustainable aspects and issues of assessing and measuring the energy sustainability in manufacturing while considering numerous dimensions such as economic, environmental and social. All these factors together could be useful and applicable in a new way. This is the topic of the current work which is based on the results of researching energy pattern, efficient production systems for sustainability, and policy providing multidimensional perspectives and knowledge necessary to achieve sustainable energy.

1. Introduction 15

1.1. Context of the study 15

1.2. Main challenges identified in the studies 18

1.3. Study aim and objectives 21

1.4. Methods and approach 24

1.5. Scope of the current research 27

1.6. Data collection 28

1.7. Structure of the report 29

2. Background for energy andsustainability studies inmanufacturing 30

2.1. Energy foundation 36

2.2. Energy efficiency for sustainability within manufacturing systems 40

3. Sustainability and its importance 42

3.1. Design for energy sustainability 45

3.2. Actors in energy sustainability in manufacturing 47

3.3 The drivers for energy sustainability in manufacturing 48

4. Balancing energy environment andsustainability: the effect and perspective of energy policy instruments 53

4.1. The legislative basis for energy efficiency andsustainability in the industrial sector 53

4.2. Current energy trends in Poland compared toIEAaverage 57

4.3. The main instruments employed worldwide to foster energy efficiency and reduce CO2

(decarobonising) intheindustrial sector in Poland 59

4.4. Industrial energy efficiency programs, incentives or projects fostering sustainability 62

4.5. Energy auditing as the energy efficiency measurement tool 64

4.6. Focus on industrial multiple benefits of energy efficiency 64

5. State of the art in sustainability assessmentmethodologies: interdisciplinary perspectives 70

5.1. Sustainability based assessment approaches 70

5.2. Sustainability indicators and measures used formanufacturing 91

6. Resumé of the author’s achievements in the field of production engineering from 2013-2018 106

6.1. 2013-14 Dekaban Fellowships 106

6.2. An overview of appended paper 116

7. Conclusions and further research 129

7.1. Academic contribution 129

7.2. Industrial contribution 141

7.3. Suggestions for future works 142

7.3. Conclusions 144

References 148

  • Title: Energy Sustainability Sensing in Manufacturing SMEs: Overview, Perspectives and Assessment Approaches
  • Author: Aldona Kluczek
  • ISBN: 978-83-815-6092-4, 9788381560924
  • Date of issue: 2020-10-23
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_1sjq
  • Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej